Stop and waste for water-pipes.



No. 703,262. Patented June 24, I902.

E. HOWLAND.

STOP AND WASTE FOR WATER PIPES.

(Application filed Mar. 11, 1902.)

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EDIVIN HOVVLAND, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

STOP AND WASTE, FOR WATER-PIPES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 703,262, dated June24, 1902.

Application filed March 11, 1902. Serial No. 97,742. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN IIowLAND,a citizen of the United States,residing in Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented a new and Improved Stop and lVaste for WVater-Pipes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to what is termed the stop and waste inwater-pipes, more es pecially in water-pipes which connect thestreet-main with the fixturesin buildings, the stop and waste beingusually located within the building and generally in the basementthereof.

In the ordinary stop and waste there is an aperture on one side throughwhich the water wastes when it is shut off. In other words, when thehandle is turned to the side of the pipe in which the aperture islocated the water in the pipe between the plug and the fixtures in thebuilding runs out or wastes through the aperture. It is necessary,therefore, to have two kinds of stop and waste, a right and a left, oneof which can be applied to the pipe if the water is to enter the stopand waste from the right and the other if the water enters from theleft. As water-pipes are usually near the building-wall,wasting shouldbe accomplished by turning the handle outward or from the wall. In thisimprovement the device wastes when the handle is turned either towardthe right or toward the left, so that but one kind ofstop and waste isneeded, and it is not necessary to remove or adjust the handle in orderto waste from Whichever way the water enters the house. A removable oran adjustable handle is therefore un necessary in order to effect thisresult.

The nature of my invention in detail is fully described below andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sideelevation of myinlproved stop and waste, a portion being broken out inorder to show the internal construction. Fig. 2 is an elevation lookingfrom the waste side th'at is, the side toward the house or fixturestherein. Fig. is an elevation of the plug removed. Fig. A is a sectionalview taken on line 4, Fig. 1, with the plug turned at right angles tothe position indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, a portion of the handle brokenoff and the lower end of the plug shown in elevation. Fig. 5 is ahorizontalsection taken on line 5, Fig. 1. In Figs. 1, 2, and 5 thedevice is in its normal positionthat is, with the water passing throughit.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. 7

A represents the case, A being the portion containing the inlet-passagea, and A being the portion containing the outlet-passage a. Theinlet-passage is of course at the end which points toward the supply ortoward the street, and the outlet-passage a is at the end which pointstoward the waste or toward the house and fixtures therein. The oppositeportions A and A" are provided with the usual screw-threads and nuts,whereby the device is connected with the pipe.

B represents the plug, provided with the passage or port B, said plugbeing formed with a handle 13'. The upper portion of the case A hasabout one-half of its periphery cut away at 0, whereby shoulders O areproduced, the cut-away portion facing the inlet or supply passage, andthe handle is provided with a stop-pin D, which extends into the recessformed at O. The normal position of the plug is shown in Figs. 1 and2-that is, with the handle in line with the water-passage and pointingtoward the waste or toward the house, and it is secured rotatively insuch position by a suitable nut Z).

In the ordinary stop and waste the aperture through which the waterwastes is set on one side only and high enough to register or coincidewith the port or passage B when the handle and plug are turned towardthat side. In myinventionthere is an aperture E on each side of the plugbelow the passage or port 13 and not coinciding directly with it. On theside of the plug which faces the waste when the handle is parallel withthe waterpipe, as in Fig. 1, said plug is flattened or cut away, asindicated at II, across and connecting with the lower portion of theport or passage B, and thus constitutes or produces a by-pass extendingon each side of the plug, the said by-pass being deep enough to registerwith either of the apertures E, as indicated in Fig. 4, when the plug isrotated so that the handle B is at right angles with the pipe. The caseA is provided with the ordinary port K, similar in shape to the port B;

but at the lower portion of this port K and on opposite sides thereofthe case is recessed at L on the side next the waste to form oppositepassages,which register with the flattened portion constituting theby-pass H.

In practical operation the parts are assembled as indicated in Figs. 1,2, and 5, in which they are shown in their normal positionthat is, withthe handle 13 pointing toward the Waste or house, the ports K and Bcoinciding, and the flattened portion or by-pass H facing in the samedirection in which the handle points and coinciding with the passagesformed at L. In this position the bypass formed at H does not registerwith either of the apertures E and the water flows freely through to thehouse-fixtures. When the water is shut off, it is done by turning thehandle B in either direction uiltil it is at right angles with the pipe,the pin D being against one of the shoulders C. In this position theports K and B are at right angles with each other and do not coincide;but the by-pass H,which connects with the lower portion of the port B,registers with the aperture E on the side to which the handle B isswung, and, moreover, the bypass registers also with that portion of thepassage L in the case which is on that side. Hence the waterfro n thehouse side wastes freely through the passage L, hy-pass H, and apertureE on that side. When the handle is swung to the other side, it wastesthrough the portion of the passage L on the opposite side of the port K,the bypass H, and the aperture E on that side. It is evident that whenthe Waste is open on one side the waste or aperture of the other side isclosed by the plug B.

The common method now in use of producing a stop and waste which willwork either right or left is to apply a detachable handle, which byvarious devices more or less complicated can be reversed in order toaccomplish this result. It will be seen that in my contrivance all suchcomplicated mechanism is avoided, as my handle need not be removable,inasmuch asit cannot possibly be turned the wrong way, as it works ineither direch'loreover, there are no pegs or other tion.

small parts to be broken, as is commonly the case when the result isproduced by means of a detachable handle.

Having thus fully described myinvention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a stop and waste for water-pipes, the plug B provided with asuitable handle and formed with a central horizontal port or passage;and a case, as A, provided with apertures on opposite sides extendingthrough said case to the plug below the port in said plug, and with aport or passage adapted to register with the said port in the plug, saidplug being formed with a passage or b'y-pass extending downward from theport therein to the level of the apertures in the case, whereby therotation of the plug produced by swinging the handle in either directionfrom one in line with the pipe enables the bypass to register with theaperture on that side below the port in the plug, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a stop and waste for water-pipes,-tho plug B provided with thecentral port B and with a suitable handle; and the case A provided witha central port K adapted to register with the port B, and furtherprovided with apertures E on opposite sides of the plug below the portB, said plug being provided with the by-pass II extending downward fromand on opposite sides of the port B, and adapted to register with eitherof said apertures E as the handle of the plug is swung to the right orto the left, and said case being formed on its inner surface with thepassage L extending from the lower portion of and on opposite sides ofthe port K, and adapted to coincide or register with the by-pass whenthe plug is suitably rotated, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWIN IIOWLAND.

\Vitnesses: I

HENRY W. WILLIAMs, A. N. BoNNEY.

